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PGA Tour drug testing should begin in July 2008

The PGA Tour’s new drug testing policy will be starting around July, 2008. Penalties for failing the tests vary from a one-year suspension for first offense, to a lifetime ban for a three-peat offense. Once again, I say that performance…

Maybe ESPN covering The Masters isn’t a good thing after all

When I first heard the announcement that ESPN was going to be covering The Masters I posted a comment saying it was a good thing. My thought was, given ESPN’s HD capability we’d be seeing Augusta National on TV better…

Category: PGA Tour

Daly withdraws in final event…

John Daly made the cut in his last event this past weekend but then withdrew for a unknown reason… WTF? He must have run out of cigarettes.

Category: PGA Tour

John Daly Disney exemption refused. His season is over.

John Daly’s season is over. He’d requested a sponsor’s exemption to get into next week’s Wal-Mart sponsored Disney but that exemption was refused. With Wal-Mart as a sponsor, JD seems like a great fit for “obvious” reasons which I won’t…

Category: Champions Tour, PGA Tour

Weir and Cook win

Checking in on the pro tours… Champions Tour John Cook notched his first Champions Tour victory in his second start at the AT&T Championship. Cook beat my new pal Mark O’Meara by two shots. PGA Tour My pal and neighbor…